I have not been able to connect to Isaac Brock since Dec. 1, yet all other sites are fine. Our internet provider say it is not their problem, Norton security say it’s not their problem and Linksys are providing us with a new router to see if that will correct the problem. Waiting for router to arrive. I live in B.C. – not sure if that means anything.

This can happen is if the server thinks a site is being attacked – eg, it’s getting bombarded with spam from one ip address — it automatically blocks that ip address.

Sometimes, though, (depends on the server) a server may block a group of ip addresses. Say a spam attack is coming from ip address 461.200.154.65. A server might block all addresses starting with 461.200.154 and some innocent ip addresses get caught in the block.

What you can do:

(1) Our webmaster can see if your ip address is blocked and manually unblock it. To do this, you can email me atpacifica@isaacbrocksociety.ca and I’ll forward your ip address to our webmaster.